Policy iconPublications: alcohol and other drugs

Reference for publications about various aspects of Indigenous alcohol and drug use have been provided here. Included on this page are journal articles, reports, theses, and other literature about alcohol and drug use.

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Alcohol and other drugs


2008

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2008)
2007 national drug strategy household survey: first results. (AIHW Catalogue no. PHE 98)
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
View report (PDF - 16.9MB - large file warning!)
View website: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

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2007

Brady M (2007)
Equality and difference: persisting historical themes in health and alcohol policies affecting Indigenous Australians.
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health;61(9):759-763
View abstract: PubMed
View website: National Center for Biotechnology Information

National Drug Research Institute (2007)
Restrictions on the sale and supply of alcohol: evidence and outcomes.
Perth: National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University of Technology
View report (PDF – 2.4MB – large file warning!)
View website: National Drug Research Institute

Nicholas R (2007)
Alcohol and other drug problems among Indigenous Australians from rural and remote regions: a policing perspective.
Canberra: Australasian Centre for Policing Research
View report (PDF - 283KB)
View website: Australasian Centre for Policing Research

Nicholas R (2007)
Policing responses to substance misuse in rural and remote Indigenous communities.
Alice Springs: National Drug Law Enforcement Research Fund
View report (PDF - 425KB)
View website: National Drug Law Enforcement Research Fund

Putt J, Frearson P (2007)
Illicits and their impact.
Of Substance;5(1):24
View report (PDF - 784KB)
View website: Of Substance

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2006

Delahunty B, Putt J (2006)
The policing implications of cannabis, amphetamine and other illicit drug use in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies and Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
View abstract: HealthBulletin
View report (PDF - 702KB)
view website: Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
View website: Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing

Putt J, Delahunty B (2006)
Illicit drug use in rural and remote Indigenous communities.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology
View report (PDF - 279KB)
View website: Australian Institute of Criminology

Van der Sterren A, Anderson IP, Thorpe LG (2006)
'Individual' harms, community 'harms': reconciling Indigenous values with drug harm minimisation policy.
Drug and Alcohol Review ;25(3):219-225
View abstract: Pub Med
View website: National Centre for Biotechnology Information

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2005

Perez RL (2005)
Indigenous Australia and alcohol policy: meeting difference with indifference [book review].
Addiction;100(5):720-721
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View website: Blackwell Synergy
(Publishers)

Putt J, Payne J, Milner L (2005)
Indigenous male offending and substance abuse.
Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology
View report (PDF - 190KB)
View website: Australian Institute of Criminology

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2004

Brady M (2004)
Indigenous Australia and alcohol policy: meeting difference with indifference.
Sydney: University of New South Wales Press
View abstract: HealthBulletin
View website: UNSW Press

Clough A, Jones P (2004)
Policy approaches to support local community control over the supply and distribution of kava in the Northern Territory (Australia).
Drug and Alcohol Review;23(1):117-126
View abstract: HealthBulletin
View abstract: Pub Med
View website: National Centre for Biotechnology Information

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Last updated: 9 September 2008